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A short reading return

Return to earlier signs and read familiar words without a cue.

About this unit

No new letters: read familiar words and keep similar shapes apart.

بb, as in “boy”
نn, as in “no”

One dot below in ب, one dot above in ن.

دd, as in “day”
رr, a quick tap

د sits on the line; ر dips below it.

اā
آā at word start

آ has a wavy madda on top.

Words to read

Tap a card and listen. Try saying it too.

water

آب

waterāb
bread

نان

breadnān
mother

مادَر

mothermādar
door

دَر

doordar
Reading tips

No new signs. Read before playing the sound, then retrieve the spelling.

Reading practice

Shapes in the middle

Match each letter to its shape in the middle of a word.

Letters inside words

Match each letter to the marked shape in the word.

Read with support

Match the words to their pictures.

Read without a sound cue

Match the words to their pictures.

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

نان

Sound to spelling

Listen. Choose the spelling.

Spelling to sound

Read the word. Choose its sound.

دَر

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

water

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

bread

Build the word

Listen and build the word in typing order.

mother

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

Recall the spelling

Listen and build the word without its picture.

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Return to earlier signs and read familiar words without a cue.

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water

آب

water
bread

نان

bread
mother

مادَر

mother
door

دَر

door
Use a Persian keyboard

Persian standard keyboard: Persian ی/ک, ordinary logical letters, and ZWNJ (half-space). Numbers keep their normal internal order.

All letters

ا
اisolated‍اfinal
ā: long and deepIn آ
i

ā

◌َzabar: short a, as in “cat”In بَد
i

zabar: short a

ب
بisolated‍بfinalب‍initial‍ب‍medial
In با
i

bā

د
دisolated‍دfinal
In دا
i

dā

ر
رisolated‍رfinal
In را
i

rā

ن
نisolated‍نfinalن‍initial‍ن‍medial
In نا
i

nā

م
مisolated‍مfinalم‍initial‍م‍medial
In ما
i

mā

آ
آisolated‍آfinal
ā at the start of a word
i

ā at word start

◌ِzir: short e, as in “bed”In بِبَر
i

zir: short e

◌ُpish: a short oIn دُم
i

pish: short o

ت
تisolated‍تfinalت‍initial‍ت‍medial
In تا
i

tā

پ
پisolated‍پfinalپ‍initial‍پ‍medial
In پا
i

pā

س
سisolated‍سfinalس‍initial‍س‍medial
In سا
i

sā

ش
شisolated‍شfinalش‍initial‍ش‍medial
In شا
i

shā

ی
یisolated‍یfinalی‍initial‍ی‍medial
long ī, or y as in “yes”In یا
i

yā / ī. Persian ی has no dots in its isolated and final forms.

و
وisolated‍وfinal
In وا
i

vā / ū / o

ک
کisolated‍کfinalک‍initial‍ک‍medial
In کا
i

kā

گ
گisolated‍گfinalگ‍initial‍گ‍medial
In گا
i

gā

ل
لisolated‍لfinalل‍initial‍ل‍medial
In لا
i

lā

ج
جisolated‍جfinalج‍initial‍ج‍medial
In جا
i

jā

چ
چisolated‍چfinalچ‍initial‍چ‍medial
In چا
i

chā

خ
خisolated‍خfinalخ‍initial‍خ‍medial
rough kh: air rubs, no buzzIn خا
i

khā

ز
زisolated‍زfinal
In زا
i

zā

ژ
ژisolated‍ژfinal
In ژا
i

zhā

ف
فisolated‍فfinalف‍initial‍ف‍medial
In فا
i

fā

ق
قisolated‍قfinalق‍initial‍ق‍medial
gh, the same sound as غIn قا
i

ghā, spelling ق. In Standard Tehran Persian, normally the same sound as غ.

غ
غisolated‍غfinalغ‍initial‍غ‍medial
gh: deep, with a buzzIn غا
i

ghā, spelling غ. Learn the spelling word by word.

ه
هisolated‍هfinalه‍initial‍ه‍medial
In ها
i

hā / final -e

ث
ثisolated‍ثfinalث‍initial‍ث‍medial
In ثا
i

sā, spelling ث

ص
صisolated‍صfinalص‍initial‍ص‍medial
In صا
i

sā, spelling ص

ح
حisolated‍حfinalح‍initial‍ح‍medial
In حا
i

hā, spelling ح

ذ
ذisolated‍ذfinal
In ذا
i

zā, spelling ذ

ض
ضisolated‍ضfinalض‍initial‍ض‍medial
In ضا
i

zā, spelling ض

ط
طisolated‍طfinalط‍initial‍ط‍medial
In طا
i

tā, spelling ط

ظ
ظisolated‍ظfinalظ‍initial‍ظ‍medial
In ظا
i

zā, spelling ظ

ع
عisolated‍عfinalع‍initial‍ع‍medial
a light catch, or silentIn عَکس
i

word-dependent glottal onset / no separate onset

ۀIn خانۀ من
i

final -e plus written ezafe. A variant of final ه with an ezafe sign; not a new basic alphabet letter.